NEW ORLEANS — LSU junior Sebastian Carlsson defeated Alabama’s 10th-ranked Saketh Myneni on Friday to advance to the quarterfinals at the Wilson/ITA South Regional hosted by UNO and Tulane.
Carlsson narrowly dropped the first set 6-7 (6), and held a 2-0 advantage over Myneni in the second set before the nationally-ranked contender retired. Carlsson will now move on to square off against
UL-Lafayette’s Piotr Banas in the quarterfinals slated for 9 a.m. CDT at Tulane’s Goldring Tennis Complex.
“It was nice to see Sebastian get a win like we’ve been waiting for,” LSU head coach Jeff Brown said. “Sebastian has been our third breakthrough in three tournaments, so we are really getting all the work we can out of each competition.”
LSU also worked a doubles team into the tournament quarterfinals.
The newly paired duo of Neal Skupski and Stefan Szacinski picked up a victory when they defeated USA’s Kuehne-Barstch, 8-3. The Tiger tandem advances to face Alabama’s Houssam Yassine and Trey Walston at noon on the courts of the Goldring Tennis Complex.
“Doubles are going pretty well,” Brown said. “Neal and Stefan are going to be a solid team, and we are looking at some good combinations to go forward.”
Wilson/ITA South Regional
October 22-25, 2009
New Orleans, La.
Goldring Tennis Complex and University Tennis Center
All Times Central
Oct. 23
Singles
Round of 32
Chris Doerr (MSU) def. Julien Gauthier (LSU), 6-4, 6-2
Alex Stamchev (AU) def. Cody Loup (LSU), 6-3, 6-1
Round of 16
Sebastian Carlsson (LSU) def. Saketh Myneni (UA), 6-7 (6), 2-0 ret.
Doubles
Round of 64
Forgerg-Skogeng/Vorster (UM) def. Loup/Turbervill (LSU), 8-3
Round of 32
Viel/Kruger (USA) def. Bowtell/Roberts (LSU), 9-7
Round of 16
Skuspski/Szacinski (LSU) def. Kuehne/Barstch (USA), 8-3
Manlow/Moser (UAB) def. Carlsson/Gauthier (LSU), 8-6
Consolation
Stefan Szacinski (LSU) def. Davis Taylor (AU), 6-1, 7-5
Dauw Kruger (USA) def. David Roberts (LSU), 7-6, 6-1
Oct. 24
Singles Quarterfinals (at Tulane, 9 a.m.)
Sebastian Carlsson (LSU) vs. Piotr Banas (ULL)
Doubles Quarterfinals (at Tulane, noon)
Walston/Yassine (UA) vs. Skuspski/Szacinski (LSU)